Preparing Major Tom for Microgravity
Dr. Martin Kushmerick M’63 Gr’66
Going Where Science Leads
Established in 1892 as a museum for anatomic specimens as well as a center for the "increase of original scientific knowledge," the Wistar Institute today is at the forefront of basic research on cancer, AIDS and other diseases.
No Better Place for Research
From College Hall | Penn has the capacity to lead the world.
Mapping Human Geography
Computer maps create powerful tool for data-gathering
Nathanson Tapped for Research Post
Nathanson named vice provost for research.
Ex-Inmates Sue Penn and Kligman over Research
Former inmates file suit over tests in 1960s-70s.
Extracting Data on Dentistry
Dr. Lois Kushner Cohen CW’60
Don’t Take Your Medicine!
Treatment interruptions may boost immune response
MacDiarmid Wins Nobel Prize
MacDiarmid wins chemistry Nobel.
Patient’s Family Sues Over Gene Study
Lawsuit filed in Gelsinger death … Settlement follows
Wistar Scientists Cleared of Hatching AIDS
Wistar polio-vaccine not cause of AIDS.
Glenn McGee on Brits, Yanks and … Male Birthing
Glenn McGee on his year studying bioethics in Britain.
IHGT Gets Another Warning from FDA
FDA cites gene lab on animal studies.
Bioethics-Center Plans Reconfigured by Press
Caplan blasts press on bioethics treatment
Grim Details About Battered Women
ER study offers window on women and their attackers
IHGT’s Wilson Outlines Oversight Plans
IHGT announces new procedures
TeleStudies
Kids spend more than 20 hours a week in front of the TV. Are yours watching what they should? Would you know? Researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center have some answers.
Clinical Trials Put on Hold at Gene-Therapy Lab
FDA suspends gene-therapy research
Study to Examine Minority Performance in the Academy
Study to assess minorities’ academic performance
Gene-Therapy Researchers Probe Patient’s Death
First findings in gene-therapy death
Researchers Seek Answers After Gene-Therapy Patient Dies
Patient in gene-therapy trial dies
Study Shows Drinking Leads to Free-Radical Damage
New data on drinking: Too much may be less than you think
Plant’s Taste for Heavy Metal is in the Genes
Advance in using plants to treat toxic sites
My Shrink’s OK, Your Pill’s OK
Study finds therapy as effective as drugs